Quote:Over the last decade, Pakistan, without ever achieving consistency, has still managed some outstanding performances, twice beating an England side fresh from Ashes success with some comfort. Its survival as a major cricketing force is a greater miracle than its original emergence. Since the turn of the century, one disaster has followed another. A tour by New Zealand was abandoned after a suicide bomber struck a hotel where both teams were staying; another ended when the visiting Sri Lankans' bus was attacked; during a tour of England, an umpire accused the team of ball tampering; their coach, Bob Woolmer, died in mysterious circumstances during a World Cup tournament in the West Indies; three players, including the captain, were implicated in a betting scandal exposed by the News of the World.